Sunset Park
Sunset Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 369 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mission Park, a park 0.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mission Park: 0.4 mi
- New World Park: 0.9 mi
- Paseo Place Park: 0.9 mi
- Horizon Park: 0.9 mi
- Memmingen Park: 1.1 mi
- David C. Uribe: 1.6 mi
- Glendale USS Arizona Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Territorial Sheriff: 2.9 mi
- F-100D Super Sabre "The Hun" Jet: 3.9 mi
- Pope John Paul II Visit Cupola: 3.9 mi
- Risen Christ: 3.9 mi
- S: 4.6 mi
- A Path for Water: 5.3 mi
- Watermark: 6.7 mi
- Freeway Pot: 7.1 mi
- Shaw Butte: 4.2 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Moon Hill: 4.7 mi
- Moon Mountain: 4.8 mi
- North Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 7.7 mi
- Arch: 7.9 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 8.1 mi
- Tea House: 9.2 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 9.9 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 5.7 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 5.8 mi
- Entry Garden: 7.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 7.5 mi
- Bio Garden: 7.7 mi
- Martin Auto Museum: 2.5 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 2.8 mi
- The Bead Museum: 2.9 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 3.0 mi
- Sunnyslope Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 11.8 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 5.1 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 5.2 mi
- Pima Area 4: 5.2 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 5.2 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 5.2 mi
- Big Spring: 18.8 mi
- Mountain Spring: 20.4 mi
- Burro Spring: 21.0 mi
- Jims Spring: 21.0 mi
- Chalky Spring: 21.2 mi
- Chinese Wall: 17.4 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 21.4 mi
- Morrells Wall: 21.8 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.3 mi
- Marinette: 6.8 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 24.2 mi
- Illinois: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Sunset Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell Peak | ENE 73° | 1,230 m | 20.4 mi |
| Thompson Peak | ENE 76° | 1,214 m | 20.4 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | ENE 70° | 1,196 m | 21.2 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | ENE 73° | 1,192 m | 20.0 mi |
| Troon Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,060 m | 20.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 37° | 1,030 m | 20.7 mi |
| Apache Peak | NNE 20° | 970 m | 21.4 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | ENE 58° | 905 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 92 | 91 | 85 | 73 | 61 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Youngtown, 8 mi away.
- Indian Peafowl62 obs
- stinknet40 obs
- Rock Pigeon23 obs
- Western Honey Bee15 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle14 obs
- Curve-billed Thrasher13 obs
- Phoenix talussnail13 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis12 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/124953859
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 7 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 11 mi
- Scottsdale · 14 mi
- Guadalupe · 18 mi
- Tempe · 18 mi
- Mesa · 22 mi
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